Climate is everyone's challenge — and opportunity

From forest fires ravaging California to recurring drought in northern Kenya, we are all experiencing the impacts of climate change. We see historical records broken with the number and frequency of storms and an unprecedented rise in global temperatures — “once-in-a-lifetime” disasters no more. Without bold action, we are headed dangerously close to watching a worst-case scenario unfold: Coastal communities wiped out, infrastructure destroyed and increased displacement and conflict. National security and future development progress depend on rising to meet this challenge now.

The Biden-Harris administration is taking bold steps to tackle the climate crisis, recognizing that progress abroad is connected to progress here at home. With the United States’ re-entry into the Paris Agreement and in the lead-up to the White House Leaders Summit on Climate next week, all of us in the development community must significantly and dramatically ramp up these efforts.